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Education is Our Strength

Have you noticed? More and more people are returning to school!. Education is Our Strength As the country confronts the “Great Recession,” Americans are returning to school To improve existing skills To learn new vocations To explore new ideas. Goes Back to School.

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Education is Our Strength

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  1. Have you noticed? More and more people are returning to school! • Education is Our Strength • As the country confronts the “Great Recession,” Americans are returning to school • To improve existing skills • To learn new vocations • To explore new ideas

  2. Goes Back to School Pennsylvania Goes Back to School PASSHE – Fall 2009 Enrollment

  3. Growth Fields (2008-2018) Communication Analysts 53.4% Nursing 22.2% Accountants 21.7% Management Analysts 23.9% Education (K-8) 15.8% Postsecondary Education 15.1% Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The 30 Occupations with the Largest Employment Growth, December 11, 2009.

  4. Programs That May Be Restructured, Reduced, or Terminated • Advisement • Academic Enrichment • Electronic Media • Nursing • Philosophy • Athletics • Theatre • Dance

  5. Who Gets Cut First? Part-Time Temporary Faculty Full-Time Temporary Faculty Tenure track faculty Tenured Faculty The first faculty layoffs began in April 2009 Source: APSCUF Collective Bargaining Agreement, 2007-2011, 89.

  6. Budget Cuts and Declining Academic Quality • Fewer Electives [intermediate and upper-level courses] • Academic departments are forced to cut electives and increase the number of introductory courses • This means that there will be fewer courses available to graduate • Larger Classes • To maintain their “Low-Cost” goals, the administration will raise class size • Classes in Academic Forum and other locations will grow • In AF 101, HIS 026 has 120 students “allocated” to it • Room capacity is 183 seats

  7. Lower Graduation Rates Where will you be in four years? During the 2007-2008 school year, Kutztown University’s overall four-year graduation rate was: 30.08% During the 2007-2008 school year, Kutztown University’s six-year graduation rate was: 54.6% For African-American students in 2007-2008, the four-year graduation rate was: 15.17% For Hispanic students in 2007-2008, the four-year graduation rate was 21.35% Source: Kutztown University, System Accountability/Performance Measures, 2008, slide 11.

  8. Students with the Greatest Need Will Suffer the Greatest Impact of Budget Cuts • Act 101 • Advisement • Student Support Services • Upward Bound

  9. What Can We Do? You can help assure the quality of your education! Learn APSCUF-KU exchange http://kuxchange.wordpress.com/ APSCUF State website http://www.apscuf.com/ PASSHE Factbooks http://www.passhe.edu/executive/it/research/pages/books.aspx Education Trust http://www.edtrust.org/

  10. Communicate The PASSHE Board of Governors Dr. John C. Cavanaugh, Chancellor jcavanaugh@passhe.edu (717) 720-4010 President Javier Cevallos cevallos@kutztown.edu (610) 683-4102 The Kutztown University Board of Trustees Mrs. Dianne M. Lutz, Chair Next meeting, April 29, 2010 Your State Representatives http://apscuf.org/legislation/index.html

  11. Organize • Join “Save Kutztown’s Electronic Media Program” or start your own Facebook group • Meet with the Board of Trustees • Informational Picketing • Contact stakeholders: parents, community groups, churches • Check the budget numbers!

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